Chase Field, Phoenix: 76.5 Thus, is Feigner, with a year or two left in his own career, the last of the great fastpitch showmen? He took her last name and the name Eddie from a friend. Anyone can read what you share. So do yourself a favor this weekend. Marshall, thanks for sharing! Bueller? This week I show you about 10 minutes of the event. What amazed most fans that day was how he was able to strike out all of them in a row. Feigner, who at the end made a tiny fraction of the fabulous salaries of baseball players, never slowed down. During one game, Feigner had easily beaten a team from Oregon 33-0. Nationals Park, Washington: 76 Why? Log in, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window). The King and His Court went to towns even McDonald's ignores. That gave him season marks of .301, 34 home runs, 101 RBIs, a 1.023 OPS and a 1-0 record. Hearing a woman or child say they loved watching him pitch meant more to Feigner than any big-league contract. Our Facebook page is Facebook.com/FastpitchTV, Our Twitter page is Twitter.com/FastpitchTV, Feel free to email questions for future shows to FastpitchTV@gmail.com. The last 100 games of the King and his Court. When joining the Marines during World War II, he had to find details of his birth. Please visit our sponsor Online Fastpitch Softball Superstore Top softball pitchers like Jennie Finch can throw roughly 70 miles per hour, the equivalent of a low-90s fastball thrown from 60 feet away. 1983 The King and His Court ~ 4-Man Softball Team ~ Signed Autographed Program. Feigner was Sidd Finch with a crewcut, Clint Eastwood with a fastball. (R.J. Oriez/Stars and Stripes). "It's magical and joyful in a way, but this has been on my radar since 1958 when I was a kid in the stands and saw the King for the first time. Build a site and generate income from purchases, subscriptions, and courses. More than 66,000 fans attended the four games Friday, including a LLWS single-game record of 41,848 for a game with a Pennsylvania team. I was lucky enough to be invited to watch and film. The Yankees rewarded the biggest star in the their history with a 30 percent paycut. Eddie Feigner formed the King and His Court more than 14,000 games and 4 million miles ago in his hometown of Walla Walla, Wash. Yet, "It's like Bob Feller said: `I can still throw as hard as I ever did. Feb. 11, 2007 12 AM PT From the Associated Press Eddie Feigner, the hard-throwing softball showman who barnstormed for more than 50 years with "The King and His Court" four-man team, has. The players Feigner chose for his team were people he'd known since fourth grade. The friends got together and decided it was time to take their game on the road. Its a little long, but great memories of a long gone era.. The first game for the King and His Court took place behind the barbed wire and high walls of a prison. This often happened on the nearest street. Kids who are 10 or 11 years old, they click on the boob tube and say why play fastpitch when there's no pro league, you can't get a scholarship offer for it, and I can play baseball, football, basketball and make good money at it? Yup, he struck out the side, blindfolded from 2nd base. All Rights Reserved. Senator issues ultimatum to Japans prime minister for return of imprisoned Navy officer, Air Force command climate investigation ends with Okinawa commanders removal, First hearing of Houses new Chinese threat committee converges on Taiwan, Army secretary says recruiting troubles are very serious and fixing them could stretch into 2024, You matter: Mother and son spread homemade inspiration at US air base in Japan, K-Town Now features the latest news from the Kaiserslautern Military Community. I remember seeing them in commericals as a kid, pretty sure it was Bud or Lite Beer commericals. Fastpitch.TV - A few weeks ago the King And His Court came to the Dallas area. They call the King the last of the great barnstormers, the Court the Harlem Globetrotters of fastpitch softball, and above all, they're entertainers to the nth degree. 18. Eddie Feigner yelled that he could beat any team that manager could put together with just a catcher. Feigner played in over 5,000 games and struck out over 15,000 people when he was blindfolded. "Now every pitcher has to be a big, strong pitcher. Feel free to use this content, in whole or in part, in any manner you like so long as you give credit to Gary leland, Fastpitch.TV and link to fastpitch.tv. Feigner had an exaggerated windup and he would do things like pitch blindfolded, or pitch an inning from behind second base. In international competition, the pitchers plate (or rubber, as baseball fans know it) is only 43 feet from home plate. Feigner had been pitching in the Green Pea League of Walla Walla Valley. ), Fernandez, perhaps the greatest softball pitcher ever, faced major league all-star David Justice after the 1996 Olympics and struck him out on three pitches. The toughest thing in sports is to hit a round ball with a round bat when the round ball is thrown underhand from 40 feet away. It would be really fun to watch videos of some of that stuff. Fr nhere Informationen zur Nutzung Ihrer Daten lesen Sie bitte unsere Datenschutzerklrung und Cookie-Richtlinie. At the time, he was living in the Cogburn Health and Rehabilitation facility in Huntsville, Alabama. Feigner claimed nearly 10,000 victories, 141,000 strikeouts and almost 1,000 no-hitters. Eddie Feigner was a one-of-a-kind person who stood out among all those who played sports. In an interview, he said he liked having fun too much to be an MLB player. "The King changed my life, and he was the toughest guy I've ever been around. All contents 2023 The Slate Group LLC. Learn about Eddie and the Court, who first brought fastpitch to TV and mainstream America from the people who lived. It has been estimated the team played over 10,000 softball games in over 100 countries. Jeff, thanks. "We need some runs against this team. We had some interesting lines this week. (But) we're part sport and part vaudevillian," Feigner insists, adding that written into their show is a myriad of laughs that never end as each inning passes. Perhaps thats because the hitters are stronger, which opens the game up offensively in a couple of ways: The men hit more home runs, and they can also do more bunting because the infielders have to back up a little. He still signed free autograph after free autograph, as his players hustled programs. Call Us: (860) 961-3482 . Over the years, the Court played everywhere, with Feigner firing his 100-plus mph heater (once measured at 112 mph) from behind his back, through his legs, from second base and even while blindfolded. This is an organization dedicated to promoting baseball as a way to appreciate American culture and art. I'm still the biggest thing in softball.". Jan 24, 2012 - Produced by http://Fastpitch.TV - A few weeks ago the King And His Court came to the Dallas area. He is Rich Hoppe -- Bayonne native and pitcher for the King and His Court, the iconic four-man barnstorming softball team. He pitched for Kilburg's Grocery store. You get to touch people and leave them with a message.". Five of the six were later elected to Cooperstown. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). "I wanted to recognize in his birthplace that something so special happened. Adding teams to the postseason doesn't increase the tension of pennant races, it diminishes it. He pitched for Kilburg's Grocery store. The King and His Court were a novelty from the beginning: a four-man softball team that toured the world and took on all comers. He struck out every batter he faced with two exceptions: One failed when he tried to bunt the ball, and the other hit a grounder to the first basemen. He quickly became a successful businessman and got back into softball, but his alcohol and drug addictions intensified. My favorite was Land Shark Stadium, which it was called for one year after a deal with Jimmy Buffet. Sponsored. This year, Team USA won again and was even more dominant. Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics: How big was the crowd in Williamsport for the Little League World Series? Jim Caple is a senior writer for ESPN.com. He couldn't be a showman and entertainer as well as an athlete if he played professional sports. And that feeling has never left. Eddie Feigner, "What Little I Know About Pitching and Hitting", 7. Miller Park, Milwaukee 77 "I'm still the best pitcher in the world today, baseball or softball; I just don't have the blinding speed any more. People still want to see Williams bat, Palmer golf; there's the charisma there. ", With West, the Max Patkin of the team, a patch covering his left eye which he lost to cancer two years ago, motioning Booth to keep quiet, Feigner answers, "I dunno. Hoppe has fought his own wars away from the diamond, on the battlefields of Vietnam and in the darkest trenches of his personal life. A story is told of the time he stood in right field at Yankee Stadium and fired an underhand fastball over home plate. By the 1960s, Feigner was top dog and made $100,000 a month at a time when baseball stars headed for the Hall of Fame made $100,000 a year. "Almost all the good pitchers the last 20 years came from Canada or New Zealand; that kept ASA alive the last 10 or 15 years. I saw the King and his Court in Pittsfield, MA in the early 1960's. "It's surreal. But the week's most interesting line was by Philadelphia's Roy Oswalt, who officially started games on consecutive days and didn't allow a run in either. He was the clown prince of softball. He even pitched blindfolded from second base for one inning. And there were not enough bare-chested women, though there were a few of those, too. Merrick, N.Y., 1974. One time he was even able to strike a person out from centerfield. ". Ted Williams was fond of saying that the toughest thing in sports is hitting a round ball with a round bat. There are, of course, many hundreds of human beings who can hit a low-90s fastball. Eddie Feigner: King and His Court - YouTube 0:00 / 29:30 Eddie Feigner: King and His Court allendale101 5.05K subscribers 546K views 4 years ago Video on the story of the famed. Which is why the King always had four players. He kept meticulous records of his achievements: 9,743 victories, 141, 517 strikeouts, 930 no-hitters and 238 perfect games. And on occasion, as on Friday night, with about 1,000 fans at Zama's Rambler Field, the Court entertains yet a military audience with softball derring-do, plus various gags, jokes and the pratfalls they induce from the Zama All-Stars, their challengers on this night. The manager walked past Feigner at the tavern and made a nasty comment about Feigner's pitching ability. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. 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Hoppe said he relied on a mixture of Vietnamese marijuana and black tar heroin to cope with the emotional and psychological damage that the incident and the war had on him. We are at game number 30.. in Deland Florida tonight. 19. Williams was right, just not as precise as he could have been. Feigner was confident he could win with only himself and a catcher but worried the other team would just walk the two and leave them without a batter. HE HAS a book planned and a movie scripted, but there's no ending to either, yet; thus, they're both on the shelf. He's been interviewed by Red Smith, Mike Douglas, Johnny Carson, Ed Sullivan and the guy Feigner says gave him his first significant interview, Grantland Rice. He would be able to pitch against some of the biggest names in Major League Baseball. To Hoppe, it is not merely a softball team, but a means to rediscover himself and spread a message of hope. But if youd like to know what the game was like around 1900, Olympic softball is probably a better analogue than the current iteration of Major League Baseball. I was lucky enough to be invited to come film the event. The King and His Court It all began in 1946. If you have a few young girls/guys looking to get into baseball or softball then taking them to one of these games would be. Eddie Feigner, who for 60 years barnstormed the globe with his four-man softball team, hurling 100-mile-an-hour pitches that struck out Willie Mays and 141,516 . Eddie Feigner did this when he was 56 years old. It will end where it should. 13. He is Rich Hoppe -- Bayonne native and pitcher for the King and His Court, the iconic four-man barnstorming softball team. Though the Americans did much better this time around with 51 runs in nine games, when great players face off, softball is clearly a pitchers game. 20. Prooyen, a six-time national champion whom Feigner calls the "best pitcher at his age (25) today," later pitches an inning or two. Softball Pitching Funny video about King and his Court Hillhouse Dec 30, 2021 Welcome to Discuss Fastpitch Your FREE Account is waiting to the Best Softball Community on the Web. information. HE AND his four-player team have donned their blue and red star-spangled uniforms 225 times a year for more than 18 million fans, traveling almost 4 million miles to 86 countries, 55 in which they've played actual games and the other 31 in which they've demonstrated fastpitch skill, specifically Feigner's mystical mound mastery. Challenges to play local softball teams came from around the state of Washington. Coors Field, Denver: 87 The King and His Court touring team played over ten thousand softball games in a hundred countries from the late 1940's to the beginning of the 21st century..while achieving widespread fame similar to that of the Harlem Globetrotters.as Feigner's meticulous records claim 9,743 victories, 141,517 strikeouts, 930 no-hitters and 238 perfect games. HDFeigner, thank you so much for your kind comment. This Space For Rent, Florida 73 You are very lucky to have had such a special grandfather. If you live anywhere in the Northwest, go to Walla Walla this Saturday to see the end of an era. But Hoppe's story is about more than just trick pitches and entertaining a crowd. (Theyre currently on a 79-game winning streak.) Meanwhile, as ESPN colleague Doug Kern points out, the last four Rays home games drew just 61,897. He stands blindfolded, some 40 feet from home plate, gleefully hurling pitch after pitch at weary batters as fans in Linden's Memorial Park cheer on the peculiar feat. 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Eddie Feigner, who for 60 years barnstormed the globe with his four-man softball team, hurling 100-mile-an-hour pitches that struck out Willie Mays and 141,516 other batters, died on Friday in Huntsville, Ala. Upon returning home after two years at war, Hoppe opened a bar in Bayonne and began attending night school. "I just wanted to return the van keys to Walla Walla where it all came out of," said Rich Hoppe, who has been pitching with the Court for decades. 17. Thats roughly what Finch, Fernandez, and Osterman did these two weeks except they didnt allow as many hits. I was lucky enough to be invited to come film the . After the game was over, many of the players gathered at a tavern. He was more than a player; he was a showman. from Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. I was lucky enough to be invited to come film the event. This episodes trivia question is a simple one, so now its time to play! That was the beauty of the team. Become an Annual VIP member today and get access to VIP content, ad-free forums & more. In softball, there are no famous hitters, only famous pitchers. He and his court, which included only a catcher, first-baseman and shortstop, played everywhere from Yankee Stadium to the Great Wall of China. Their popularity kept growing. As Feigner recently observed, In fast-pitch softball, you have to swing four or five inches above the ball or four or five inches below the ball. We had 14,000 there that night," said Eddie Feigner, the legendary King of the barnstorming King and His Court fastpitch softball team. I also fear Buck Showalter's head would probably explode if a player showed up looking like this. "We can't compete with modern entertainment," Hoppe said. Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum: 74 Hoppe and his crew only use a pitcher, a catcher, a first baseman and a shortstop, while the opposition uses nine players. 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In those games, an average of 3.8 runs were scored per seven innings. 2023 Vimeo.com, Inc. All rights reserved. His life would then come crashing down in 1988, when his brother Robert died of AIDS. Too bad we didn't have today's technology back then. Distance, time, and uncertainty. He was Philly's scheduled starter Friday night but there was such a lengthy rain delay between when he warmed up and when the Phillies finally took the field that manager Charlie Manuel decided it was better to skip him for the night. Skip to main content. All rights reserved (About Us). I was about 10 years old, and they asked me to be bat boy. 10. Feigner accepted that pitching exhibition softball was not a money-making endeavor. To do more than one tour, you're certifiable," Hoppe said. Slate is published by The Slate Group, a Graham Holdings Company. It must be fun facing a blindfolded pitcher from 45 feet who can fire the ball faster than 100 mph. 7. He discovered that his birth mother lived nearby and that as a teenager he had mowed her lawn. The Official Site of - The King & His Court: Original 4-Man Softball Team check it out, contact Jason for info on booking 508-735-2878 ext 113 In 1967, he faced, in order, Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Brooks Robinson, Maury Wills, Harmon Killebrew and Roberto Clemente. After last Thursday's game in Linden, Hoppe, who has been clean and sober for two decades, briefly shared his story with the crowd. I give this one a difficulty rating of 6.0. As the games rules were liberalized, the names for the pitches eventually changed. "I was a broken man.". In an era where guys refuse $100 million because it's disrespectful, this is about guys who carried their own bags, washed their own laundry -- and at a very steep price tag to their families. (R.J. Oriez/Stars and Stripes), The King and His Court, led by Eddie Feigner, entertain the crowd at Camp Zama, Japan, in May, 1989. 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